Le premier mai c'est NOTRE journée, la journée internationale de lutte pour les droits des travailleurs et des travailleuses, la seule journée chômée et payée, fêtée dans 163 pays du monde. C'est la mobilisation qui nous a permis de l'arracher il y a plus de 100 ans et de la conserver il y a quelques jours, alors que les macronistes alliés à la droite et à l'extrême droite ont tenté de faire passer une loi pour contraindre 1,4 millions de salarié·es à travailler ce jour-là. Nos (…)

NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines – Nineteen people were killed on Sunday, April 19, in a clash between government forces and suspected communist rebels in a remote village in Toboso town, an encounter that has stirred shock and condemnation on Negros Island and renewed questions about the cost of a long-running insurgency.
San Carlos Bishop Gerardo Alminaza issues a pastoral letter mourning the deaths, while the University of the Philippines Office of the Student Regent condemns what it (…)

As a retired professor at the University of the Philippines, I am devastated and outraged at the death of UP Diliman student leader Alyssa Alano, who was slain in a military offensive in Negros Occidental, along with 18 others. The Philippine Army's official position that all casualties are members of the “Communist Terrorist Group” must be seriously scrutinized.
Many young people like Alyssa visit the countryside to investigate the lives of deprived communities, and there are credible (…)

More than 1.4 million displaced Gazans are living amid infestations, sewage, food scarcity and constant waiting, while war and bombardment continue overhead
A municipal worker disinfects tents and pathways at a camp in Khan Yunis after a major pest infestation, southern Gaza Strip, in April. Fleas come out at night, toddlers cry in pain, and no one sleeps through the night. Credit: Bashar Taleb / AFP
Rats tap-dance into the tent at night, skipping over sleeping children and parents (…)

While an independent investigation of the armed forces seems warranted here, the CPP-NPA also faces a profound ethical and political accountability regarding its recruitment and the deployment of the youth
The death of Alyssa Alano and 18 others during a firefight in Toboso, Negros Occidental, is a tragedy that should resonate far beyond tactical reports and kneejerk, polarized reactions from social media. From the lens of transitional justice, her death is not merely a casualty of war; it (…)